Embarking on some new experiments, courtesy of a book I just picked up. Tonight I’m going to start marinating the chicken for some Tandoori Chicken, which I’ll cook tomorrow. I’ve already had fun making the Chai. I love the smell of cardamom.
Chai Tea
Make your own chai tea with cardamon and ginger.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 2 Tbs milk
- 1 cardamom pod, crushed
- 1 tsp tea leaves or a tea bag
- sugar to taste
- 1 slice fresh ginger
Instructions
- Bring the milk,water, and cardamom pod to a boil. Turn heat to low, add the tea, and simmer a minute.
- Then turn off the heat and let it sit for a few more minutes. Strain and add the sugar. I found an old newspaper clipping I’d cut out ages ago with a variation to this, which had a slice of ginger added.
I love to make chai and we have been for years. What is easy to do is to ground a few cinnammon sticks, cloves, dried ginger, cardemom and black pepper together. And keep it in a little jar so that whenever you want chai, just take a pinch of it and put it in your tea with two chopped up slices of fresh ginger. (The more finely chopped up, the more powerful the flavor)
Try to use with some indian loose teas instead of american bagged tea. And if you boil the water with the tea, ginger and mixture until it bubbles and THEN add the milk at low heat, it is even tastier. Eat with biscuits, toast, dip ritz crackers in it…and you are good to go! Enjoy!